Professional Development for Online Faculty
Using information from Kate’s sabbatical project as a starting point, the ad-hoc Distance Education Committee of the Academic
Senate discussed and developed this skeleton framework for our credentialing system. This system would be developed and
administered through ITSO, and could help DCs make an informed decision about who is ready and able to teach online classes in
their departments.
This system for professional development is based on a digital badging framework to authenticate and certify learned skills. As
explained on the MozillaWiki:
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A badge is a digital representation of a skill, learning achievement or experience.
o Badges can represent competencies and involvements recognized in online or offline life.
o Each badge is associated with an image and some metadata. The metadata provides information about what the
badge represents and the evidence used to support it.
o Earners can display their badges online and can share badge information through social networks.
Badges are used to set goals, motivate behaviors and communicate success.
They can support learning that happens in new ways, in new spaces beyond the traditional classroom, from online courses to
after-school programs to work and life experience.
o This motivates learning and signals achievement across communities and institutions. It also provides a more
complete picture of learners' skills, achievements and qualities, which can then be communicated to potential
employers, educational organizations and communities.
NOTE: Our badges will also include “earned date” and some, if relevant, will have expiration dates to promote currency of skills.
Levels
Badges required for this level (building blocks)
Criteria (requirements/activities) to complete badge
Estimated time
to complete
badges
What this means
Introduction
This is not a badge, but more of an introduction to the system.
Will include an introduction to online learning, this professional
development system, and badging (orients participant to the
whole system).
15-30 minutes?
Alerts ITSO to add
participant to Laulima
site(s) to access the badge
challenges.
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Levels
Badges required for this level (building blocks)
Criteria (requirements/activities) to complete badge
Estimated time
to complete
badges
Level One
Certificate
(total 10
hours)
1. Intro to Online Teaching Badge
1 hour
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded questions,
self-assessment.
2. Best Practices/Quality Course Standards Badge
1.5 hours
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded questions,
worksheet.
3. See One (before doing one) Badge
Participant contacts a member of the Shared Network list,
walks through a course and completes a reflection
(worksheet).
1.5 hours
What this means
DCs can feel comfortable in
giving an instructor the
green light to develop an
online course
(Note: No department
commitment to put on
schedule yet; shows
instructor’s interest and
effort to create quality
course).
4. Beginner Laulima Tools Badge (includes template tools:
1 hour
Modules, Syllabus, DPM, TTS, Announcements,
Assignments, Site Info, Gradebook)
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded questions.
5. Instructor Presence Badge
1.5 hours
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded questions,
worksheet/discussion board post.
6. Accessibility Badge
1 hour
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded questions.
7. Copyright Badge
Laulima Module including text, videos, worksheet.
1.5 hours
8. Authentication Badge
Laulima Module including text, video, worksheet/discussion
board post.
1 hour
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Levels
Badges required for this level (building blocks)
Criteria (requirements/activities) to complete badge
Estimated time
to complete
badges
What this means
Level Two
Certificate
30 hours
1. Course Design Badge
(to cover design of course and syllabus, similar to some of the
content in OCDP weeks 1-2)
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded questions,
course design worksheets, draft of syllabus using OCDP
syllabus template
2. Intermediate Laulima Tools Badges
(content similar to OCDP modules 3-5)
a. Organizational tools (Site Info, Resources, Homepage,
Announcements, Syllabus)
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded
questions, assignments, quiz.
b. Content tools (Modules, Web Content, Discussion &
Private Messages)
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded
questions, assignments, quiz.
c. Assessment tools (Assignments, Tasks Tests & Surveys,
Gradebook)
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded
questions, assignments, quiz.
3. Course Starter Badge
Create all components for the first two weeks of a course
(equivalent to the OCDP Capstone Project)
8.0 hours
DCs can feel comfortable in
scheduling the online class.
PreReq:
Level One
Certificate
Support for
development
process
(Note: DCs could look at
this level as a probationary
status until instructor earns
level three certificate)
2.5 hours
2.0 hours
2.5 hours
15 hours
--Encourage participation in mentorship program
--Utilize sharing network ( A resource list of people willing to
spend 1 hour to walk a new instructor through their course)
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Levels
Badges required for this level (building blocks)
Criteria (requirements/activities) to complete badge
Estimated time
to complete
badges
What this means
Level Three
Certificate
1. Novice Online Teacher Badge
a. Option 1: participate/continue in mentoring program
i.
obtain student feedback (midterm & at end)
ii.
submit a written reflection w/plan for improvements
(similar to OCDP phase IV)
iii.
mentor submits end of course report
b. Option 2: have class evaluated by DC, ITSO or “certified
evaluator”
i.
obtain student feedback
ii.
submit a written reflection w/plan for improvements
(similar to OCDP phase IV)
N/A
DCs can feel comfortable in
continuing to schedule the
course since the instructor
has successfully taught the
course, and has been
mentored and/or evaluated
1. Certified Evaluator Badge - Silver level (see table below)
2. Certified Mentoring Badge - Gold level (see table below)
3. Minimum of 1 additional qualifying badge (see table below)
per academic year.
N/A
NOTE: This badge will
need to have an expiration
date to ensure faculty stay
current.
PreReq:
Level Two
Certificate
Level Four
Certificate
(Guru Level)
PreReq:
Level Two
Certificate
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OTHER BADGES:
Levels
Badges required for this level (building blocks)
Criteria (requirements/activities) to complete badge
Estimated time to
complete badges
Cool Tools Badges
Example badge topics:
● Quizlet
● Thinglink
● Screencast-o-matic
● Google Apps (ex. Sites, Docs, Forms)
● Web videos (ex. EdPuzzle, TedED, YouTube)
● Web 2.0 Images (ex. Voki, ImageChef, Tagxedo)
● Scopia
All Cool Tool Badges would consist of either F2F or video training, and a
project that would be submitted and evaluated.
Varied. Instruction
could be anywhere
from 30 minutes to 2
hours, plus the time
needed to complete a
prescribed project.
Tech Badges
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Basic HTML Coding
F2F or video training, and a project.
TBD
Evaluator Badges
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Certified Evaluator Badge
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded questions, completion
of a practice evaluation.
Certified Evaluator Badge - Silver level
Earned Evaluator badge; completed 5 - 9 evaluations.
Certified Evaluator Badge - Gold level
Earned Evaluator badge; completed 10+ evaluations.
TBD
Certified Mentor Badge (initial training, and mentored 0-2 instructors)
Earned Novice Online Teacher Badge
Laulima Module including text, videos w/embedded questions.
Certified Mentor Badge - Gold level
Earned Mentoring Badge, mentored 3+ instructors
N/A
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Mentoring Badges
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Other “award badges ”
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N/A
N/A
TBD
Model Course Badge
○ Earned Novice Online Teacher Badge
○ Class has been evaluated and meets/exceeds all standards
○ Joined the Sharing Network
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